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OPINION October 28, 2019

James Carafano: Al-Baghdadi is dead –Trump was proven right on this one. So now what?

We have had the three most successful years in the fight against global terrorism. We should be building on that record of achievement—not fighting each other. 

ISIS October 28, 2019

How ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s headless body was ID’d minutes after death

After years of intelligence gathering, U.S. Special Operation Forces could have no doubts that the mutilated body of a man killed during Saturday night’s daring raid in Syria was the long-sought Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, employing new technology and DNA testing to positively identify his headless remains almost immediately.

Syria October 28, 2019

RAID IN PHOTOS: Images from daring Special Operations forces mission that killed Al-Baghdadi

ISIS October 27, 2019

Trump: 'Beautiful,' 'talented' military dog in al-Baghdadi raid wounded by explosive blast

President Trump on Sunday said military dogs chased Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi down a dark underground tunnel before he detonated a suicide vest that injured one of the dogs.

ISIS October 27, 2019

America 'woke up to learn' that US will destroy any terror group that threatens it, Pence says

The United States woke up on Sunday to learn its government will stop at nothing to destroy any terrorist group that threatens American interests or intends to do its citizens harm, Vice President Mike Pence said on "Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Sunday" this week.

ISIS October 27, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: Covering the elusive al-Baghdadi and his reign of terror for years

News of the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Operations Forces was for me, as it was for many, of real interest. My teams and I have been some of the few who have seen his and his terror group’s handiwork, first-hand.

OPINION October 27, 2019

Jim Hanson: The caliph is dead — now, here's how the US can exit from Syria

We must solidify the gains we have made and ensure that Assad and Iran do not have a path to undo these successes and create the land bridge to the Mediterranean the mullahs in Tehran so desperately crave.

Syria October 26, 2019

Imprisoned ISIS fighters want forgiveness, but is anyone willing to give it?

Northern Syria has become a geopolitical cauldron – Syrians, Russians, Kurds, Iranians, Turks, and now the U.S. back in to compete for influence.

ISIS October 25, 2019

At ISIS prisoner camp in Syria, Benjamin Hall 'struck' by scarcity of guards

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’ Benjamin Hall recently spoke to ISIS prisoners in Syria weeks after President Trump made the decision to withdraw U.S. forces, and after Turkey launched a military offensive against the Kurds. He said he was struck by how few guards there were at the prison.

OPINION October 25, 2019

James Carafano: Afghanistan is much more important to US than Syria – Afghans need American troops

While the world worries about U.S. policy in Syria, it would be wise pay at least as much attention to what happens in Afghanistan.

Syria October 24, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: In northern Syria, an uncertain way forward

There’s a strange feeling across Northern Syria. People are stuck between war and peace, between what came before – the optimism and freedom of defeating the Islamic State caliphate – and the unknowns of what comes next, as Russian, Syrian and Turkish troops move in and face off, while U.S. troops move out.